真诚的希望各位朋友帮我解答下这几句英语

真诚的希望各位朋友帮我解答下这几句英语
(1)This is a sceptical age,but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened这句话中我不知道这里的which修饰的是那个名词?(2) The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment这里的attending是形容词还是,动词ing形式?中文意思是什么呢?(3)since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet,right living,and the need for abandoning bad habits etc.,the bottle,the box,and the jar are almost always granted them.这里的on such subjects as abandoning bad habits etc书上翻译为克服坏习惯,abandoning查了下字典没有那个意思,几乎都是放弃的意思?(4) Carlyle was entirely ignorant of what the bottle in his pocket contained,of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering这里的which是否修饰的是 illness而which又做suffering的定语,有这种用法吗?(5)comforted by the thought of the help he was bringing to his friend这里的by the thought of the help (6)that is what all patients demand of their doctors -- to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves这里的what指的是什么?